The Cowry Shell

A beached cowry shell is waiting, Waiting like an open mouth, The World has entered it Through a gaping window Strung its necklace Hung its stars across the aperture The wide expanse on nothingness To suspend a thought a memory That once in each other's discovery That once you truly loved me That once you too lived entirely for me Made love to me like I, you Before finally, deciding to crush me. ~or~ A beached cowry shell lays waiting, Waiting like an open mouth, The World has entered and left it Left it through a gaping window Strung its necklace Hung its stars across the aperture The wide expanse on nothingness To suspend a thought a memory That once in each other's discovery That once he too loved me That once he too existed-entirely for me Made love to me like I, he Before finally, he decided to crush me.